The Rule for Combining Prayers in Travel and Residence
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Your Eminence! What is the original ruling regarding combining the four-rak'ah prayers in travel?The Shaykh: Combining them or shortening them?The questioner: Combining them.
It is restricted to the four-rak'ah prayers; because combining occurs in the four-rak'ah prayers and in the three-rak'ah prayers, such as Maghrib with 'Isha', and combining is broader than shortening in one respect,And it is narrower than it in one respect: Combining is done whenever it becomes difficult for you to pray each prayer in its time, so combine, whether you are in residence or in travel. For this reason, combining is permissible in the rain while you are in the city, and combining is permissible for illness while you are in the city.
As for shortening, it is not permissible except in travel; but in travel, shortening is a recommended practice in all cases, even if you are staying. And combining is not a recommended practice in travel unless the journey becomes arduous, in which case he combines.
It is restricted to the four-rak'ah prayers; because combining occurs in the four-rak'ah prayers and in the three-rak'ah prayers, such as Maghrib with 'Isha', and combining is broader than shortening in one respect,And it is narrower than it in one respect: Combining is done whenever it becomes difficult for you to pray each prayer in its time, so combine, whether you are in residence or in travel. For this reason, combining is permissible in the rain while you are in the city, and combining is permissible for illness while you are in the city.
As for shortening, it is not permissible except in travel; but in travel, shortening is a recommended practice in all cases, even if you are staying. And combining is not a recommended practice in travel unless the journey becomes arduous, in which case he combines.